Position Statements

July 2010 – The Alliance for Childhood urges the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) to take a strong stand on limiting screen time in the lives of young children. Read the letter from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood signed by 70 early childhood experts.

March 2010 – Read why we object to the K-3 Core Standards. The standards conflict with compelling research about how young children learn, what they need to learn, and how best to teach them in kindergarten and the early grades. The Core Standards will very likely lead to inappropriate testing of young children. See our statement on the standards, signed by hundreds of leading educators and health professionals.

April2001 - A group of the nation's most prominent psychiatrists, child development authorities, and educators called today for President Bush and Congress to "rethink the current rush to make American children take even more standardized tests."

September 2000 – A wide array of expertsrelease a statement about the ways computers are reshaping children's lives, at home and at school, in profound and unexpected ways. Common sense suggests that we consider the potential harm, as well as the promised benefits, of this change and not rush forward with computer usage in childhood.